Monday, August 22, 2011

Vaca at Wrightsville Beach

We headed out after lunch to Wrightsville Beach on Wednesday to return on Friday for our last vacation before school starting. It was a short, but much needed vacation. We were staying at Blockade Runner. Great place to stay and lots to do right there on their property. We get there shortly after 2pm and get unpacked. Then we slathered on the sunscreen and hit the beach for the next 3 hours. It is a lot of fun to see how happy the kids are when they are running toward the ocean just to be chased back by a wave. Then the time we spend in the ocean jumping up with the waves and watching my six year old get knocked around by some of them when they break right on him. Then how both of them roll around in the surf and collect more seashell fragments in their bathing suits that goes unnoticed until it is time to take a shower. It looks like we brought half of the beach back to the bathroom with us when you strip them down for their showers. We went to Oceanic for dinner that night for some seafood.

Next day, I head out as the sun is rising for a twenty mile road ride around Wrightsville Beach on my newly converted Vassago Fisticuff from monstercross to road bike. It is a nice place to get riding in, but to get some mileage you have to do the route numerous times. We grabbed breakfast at the resort and head for the beach again. There was a storm off the coast, so we couldn't get in the ocean but so far. We did get to witness the water spouts that formed and went across Carolina Beach. It was neat to watch them come out the sky and form. Glad they didn't head our direction. Then shortly before lunch we had to head inside because it started raining pretty heavy. With a full belly from lunch, both kids took a much needed nap while I sat and watched it rain while surfing the internet while

tipping back some ﻿Miller High Life in my new 29nsngl coozie. We headed for the pool after the rain let up and it was good and chilly outside and especially in the water. Spent a good hour or so playing in the pool and headed back up to the room to get showers and head over to Tower 7 for some of the best Tex Mex and definitely the best in that area. Kids had a taco and some nachos off the kids menu. The commander-in-chief a/k/a Wife had the Tower 7 burrito, and I finished it off. I had the San Felipe Tacos. I have posted up before about Tower 7, so no reason to keep talking about how great the food is there. The only thing you need to know is if you are in the area and hungry. Stop in and fill your belly for a good price. We hit up the putt-putt course at Jungle Rapids after dinner and went back and had a nice walk on the beach. Let the kids jump around in the surf one last time before we pull out of there the next morning and head back to the casa.